Deadline: what it is and what it means

A deadline is an objective and verifiable time variable: a date by which concrete, identifiable and measurable consequences occur. Unlike urgency, a deadline exists regardless of how the moment is perceived. You can verify it by asking: what is the date, who bears the consequence, and is the consequence negotiable? If there is no real deadline, any perceived urgency is fueled by external pressure, not by immediate need.

Distinctive: objective and verifiable time variable
Distinctive: you can verify it by asking
Essential: concrete, identifiable and measurable consequences
Essential: exists regardless of how the moment is perceived
Constant: a date by which
Constant: who bears the consequence

Glossary

Deadline

An objective, verifiable time variable: a date after which concrete, identifiable and measurable consequences occur, as distinct from perceived urgency.